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Rac slowly opened her eyes, and instantly curled up into a small bundle, while making as little noise as she could on the cold, rough stone floor. Something was wrong; she never lay flat on the floor, that position didn't protect her enough.
Rac stared at the rough, rock wall, for a few seconds, before steadily standing up. No one appeared to have noticed. Looking round Rac took in her surroundings. She was in a cave, which appeared to be pretty deep.
At the entrance of the cave a figure sat on a rock. Rac crept towards the figure, hoping to surprise them, and escape. Keeping to the shadows, she made good progress.
About a metre from the figure, it turned round.
"Nice to see you're awake." The woman said. Rac looked the woman up and down, she was a tall lady, but well built, with medium brown hair, which hung loose around her shoulders; she wore a white, Ancient Greek robe, with a cream cloak, and a gold rope round the middle. The strangest thing about her was her eyes, they were emerald green, but with no white or pupil, just solid green.
"Am I a prisoner?" Rac asked, still wary
"No."
"Who are you?" Rac asked,
"My name is of no importance to you."
"Where am I?"
"In the past."
"So.I've gone time travelling?"
"No."
"Explanation?"
"The past is just another country, easily reached if you know the way."
"I didn't want to know. Why am I here?"
"For you to learn, why you must do, what you must do."
"I've got to stop Apocalypse's army, or he'll imprison all humans including my family. That's all I need to know."
"You fear many things, what are they?"
"That was completely random."
"Just answer the question."
"I fear Magneto."
"Why?"
"I don't know!"
"You fear him, because he fears you. You fear yourself, also, because he fears you."
"Yes, and that's all I fear!"
"No, it's not. You fear for your family, you fear discovery. You even fear love."
"No, I don't!"
"Yes, you do. You fear it because all you have loved have been taken away from you, so you fear to love or be loved, in case they pay the penalty. And you fear one other thing."
"I fear death." Rac replied, giving in to the knowledge of the woman.
"Why?"
"I've seen death too many times, and I've nearly been killed too many times. I don't want to harm anyone."
"But you must."
"Why?"
"Apocalypse cannot be stopped, just by defeating his army. He must never be allowed to regain his power. He must be killed!"
"Why?"
"His life for 6 million lives. A fair exchange."
"But why?"
"Why what?"
"Well, for a start, why does he hate humans?"
"This is what you came here to learn. Along with your future."
"Why me?"
"You were chosen at the time of your birth. You had no say in the decision."
"Thank you, Captain Obvious!"
"Now, we must go."
"Where?"
"To a small village."
"Where are we?"
"In the past."
"No, geographically."
"Oh, we're in what the locals call 'Creator's Cave'."
"Why?"
"It's said that this is where God stayed, for 4 days when he was creating the world."
"And are they right?"
"It depends what you mean by stayed."
"I don't want to know."
"Take my hand."
"Okay, I'm not arguing!" Rac slipped her hand into the Lady's soft hand.
Together they floated down, to peer into a window, of one of the houses in the small village. Rac had given up wondering if this could be happening, so she was going with the flow.
Rac watched the birth of a small child, who immediately started brawling his lungs out.
"I'll call him Apoc." The loving mother said.
"Why?"
"He came at the end of the night."
Everything blurred and the scene changed, now they were in the village square where a golden haired, blue-eyed boy was causing trouble. He was quite handsome, but scary. He had a demented stare, and was trying to destroy the village.
"Stop it Apoc!" an older boy shouted
"Why? My stupid brother?"
"Because you're going to hurt someone."
"Why should I care?"
"Because they love you."
"They never loved me."
"They did."
"No, they didn't!"
"They did. But just not the way you wanted."
"I don't care! They die!"
"I'll stop you!"
"What can you do? I have the power! You have nothing!"
"I have my friends." During the conversation some men had been creeping up on Apoc, then they hit him over the head, knocking him unconscious.
"Where do we take him?" one man asked
"To Creator's Cave." The brother replied
"Why?"
"The holiness will imprison him for forever."
"Why don't we kill him?"
"He's still my brother."
"He's Satan's child!"
"I don't have the power to kill him."
"A knife does."
"Then you kill him. Let the man without sin, kill him." A pause each knew that they had sinned.
"Then who will kill him?"
"Hopefully old age. But I doubt it. A child will kill him."
"A child!"
"They won't be strong enough."
"Physically no. But mentally maybe."
Rac watched in morbid fascination as they carried the unconscious Apoc up to Creator's Cave. As the men walked away from Apoc's prone body, doors closed behind them. Finally only the brother was left, he looked at the cave wall, and started to paint.
Rac watched as the prophecy was painted on the wall.
"He will wake, with ten thousand times more hatred. He will forge an army around him. He will rename himself Apocalypse. Yet one person can stop him. He will be blessed by the father, with the gift of creation. Yet Satan will have tried to kill him many times. Only the Lady will be able to save him. To match my brother's army, he will ask friend to join him, to fight by his side. Yet a guardian will try to stop him, and quartet will help him. He will speak the words of others, for he will be scared to use his own. He will carry the sword of sleep. He will enter his father's cave, following Apocalypse. None of his friends will see him leave. If he lives he will make three firm friends, his power will overflow into them, and theirs into him." He turned and walked away; rocks fell down covering the first few and last few panels of the prophecy, leaving only the armies.
"I don't like this. Watching his childhood." Rac said, turning towards the woman.
"He saw yours."
"How?"
"He did an out of body experience."
"How did he find me?"
"You're complete opposites, so you're linked."
"Okay, so we're equal."
"Now you must go home."
"How?"
"Drink this, it will send you into sleep and home." The woman handed Rac a drink.
"Okay." Rac drank it, and immediately started falling asleep.
"Fare thee well." Rac heard the woman say, the words clear, but soon everything dissolved into darkness. However she could have sworn the woman also said "My child."
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Rac slowly opened her eyes, and instantly curled up into a small bundle, while making as little noise as she could on the cold, rough stone floor. Something was wrong; she never lay flat on the floor, that position didn't protect her enough.
Rac stared at the rough, rock wall, for a few seconds, before steadily standing up. No one appeared to have noticed. Looking round Rac took in her surroundings. She was in a cave, which appeared to be pretty deep.
At the entrance of the cave a figure sat on a rock. Rac crept towards the figure, hoping to surprise them, and escape. Keeping to the shadows, she made good progress.
About a metre from the figure, it turned round.
"Nice to see you're awake." The woman said. Rac looked the woman up and down, she was a tall lady, but well built, with medium brown hair, which hung loose around her shoulders; she wore a white, Ancient Greek robe, with a cream cloak, and a gold rope round the middle. The strangest thing about her was her eyes, they were emerald green, but with no white or pupil, just solid green.
"Am I a prisoner?" Rac asked, still wary
"No."
"Who are you?" Rac asked,
"My name is of no importance to you."
"Where am I?"
"In the past."
"So.I've gone time travelling?"
"No."
"Explanation?"
"The past is just another country, easily reached if you know the way."
"I didn't want to know. Why am I here?"
"For you to learn, why you must do, what you must do."
"I've got to stop Apocalypse's army, or he'll imprison all humans including my family. That's all I need to know."
"You fear many things, what are they?"
"That was completely random."
"Just answer the question."
"I fear Magneto."
"Why?"
"I don't know!"
"You fear him, because he fears you. You fear yourself, also, because he fears you."
"Yes, and that's all I fear!"
"No, it's not. You fear for your family, you fear discovery. You even fear love."
"No, I don't!"
"Yes, you do. You fear it because all you have loved have been taken away from you, so you fear to love or be loved, in case they pay the penalty. And you fear one other thing."
"I fear death." Rac replied, giving in to the knowledge of the woman.
"Why?"
"I've seen death too many times, and I've nearly been killed too many times. I don't want to harm anyone."
"But you must."
"Why?"
"Apocalypse cannot be stopped, just by defeating his army. He must never be allowed to regain his power. He must be killed!"
"Why?"
"His life for 6 million lives. A fair exchange."
"But why?"
"Why what?"
"Well, for a start, why does he hate humans?"
"This is what you came here to learn. Along with your future."
"Why me?"
"You were chosen at the time of your birth. You had no say in the decision."
"Thank you, Captain Obvious!"
"Now, we must go."
"Where?"
"To a small village."
"Where are we?"
"In the past."
"No, geographically."
"Oh, we're in what the locals call 'Creator's Cave'."
"Why?"
"It's said that this is where God stayed, for 4 days when he was creating the world."
"And are they right?"
"It depends what you mean by stayed."
"I don't want to know."
"Take my hand."
"Okay, I'm not arguing!" Rac slipped her hand into the Lady's soft hand.
Together they floated down, to peer into a window, of one of the houses in the small village. Rac had given up wondering if this could be happening, so she was going with the flow.
Rac watched the birth of a small child, who immediately started brawling his lungs out.
"I'll call him Apoc." The loving mother said.
"Why?"
"He came at the end of the night."
Everything blurred and the scene changed, now they were in the village square where a golden haired, blue-eyed boy was causing trouble. He was quite handsome, but scary. He had a demented stare, and was trying to destroy the village.
"Stop it Apoc!" an older boy shouted
"Why? My stupid brother?"
"Because you're going to hurt someone."
"Why should I care?"
"Because they love you."
"They never loved me."
"They did."
"No, they didn't!"
"They did. But just not the way you wanted."
"I don't care! They die!"
"I'll stop you!"
"What can you do? I have the power! You have nothing!"
"I have my friends." During the conversation some men had been creeping up on Apoc, then they hit him over the head, knocking him unconscious.
"Where do we take him?" one man asked
"To Creator's Cave." The brother replied
"Why?"
"The holiness will imprison him for forever."
"Why don't we kill him?"
"He's still my brother."
"He's Satan's child!"
"I don't have the power to kill him."
"A knife does."
"Then you kill him. Let the man without sin, kill him." A pause each knew that they had sinned.
"Then who will kill him?"
"Hopefully old age. But I doubt it. A child will kill him."
"A child!"
"They won't be strong enough."
"Physically no. But mentally maybe."
Rac watched in morbid fascination as they carried the unconscious Apoc up to Creator's Cave. As the men walked away from Apoc's prone body, doors closed behind them. Finally only the brother was left, he looked at the cave wall, and started to paint.
Rac watched as the prophecy was painted on the wall.
"He will wake, with ten thousand times more hatred. He will forge an army around him. He will rename himself Apocalypse. Yet one person can stop him. He will be blessed by the father, with the gift of creation. Yet Satan will have tried to kill him many times. Only the Lady will be able to save him. To match my brother's army, he will ask friend to join him, to fight by his side. Yet a guardian will try to stop him, and quartet will help him. He will speak the words of others, for he will be scared to use his own. He will carry the sword of sleep. He will enter his father's cave, following Apocalypse. None of his friends will see him leave. If he lives he will make three firm friends, his power will overflow into them, and theirs into him." He turned and walked away; rocks fell down covering the first few and last few panels of the prophecy, leaving only the armies.
"I don't like this. Watching his childhood." Rac said, turning towards the woman.
"He saw yours."
"How?"
"He did an out of body experience."
"How did he find me?"
"You're complete opposites, so you're linked."
"Okay, so we're equal."
"Now you must go home."
"How?"
"Drink this, it will send you into sleep and home." The woman handed Rac a drink.
"Okay." Rac drank it, and immediately started falling asleep.
"Fare thee well." Rac heard the woman say, the words clear, but soon everything dissolved into darkness. However she could have sworn the woman also said "My child."
***
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